Category: Technology

First off the Samsung Galaxy S looks great, well it looks like an iPhone. The screen is top notch, the connectivity is speedy HSUPA, and the set-up is quick.

On 28th January, the fifth annual Data Protection Day will take place. The european wide events planned highlight the benefits of applying a high-value approach to data protection. Business Matters, in association with Information management service provider Iron Mountain, has prepared a data security checklist to help businesses identify whether their information is adequately protected.

Businesses looking for leads via search engines should be aware of the changes that Google has recently affecting how companies and their web sites are rated by the search engine which accounts for nearly ninety per cent of UK web searches.

According to new research, SMEs still haven’t recognised the impact a disaster can have on their businesses. Despite warnings, it seems like many still think it can’t happen to them.

Orange have announced the launch of Pocket Landline – a new service for small and medium sized businesses which is set to offer the advantage of having a local landline number which rings directly through to their mobile, so they never have to miss a customer call.

Always wanted to change the world while you’re on the tube home? Give advice to youngsters while waiting for your bus to arrive? Or help with a few translations for your chosen charity, minutes before the start of a gig?

A leading London homelessness charity, Broadway is to launch “Homes For Phones” next month, an innovative campaign which will encourage people and businesses to donate their unwanted mobile phones to the charity to raise much needed funds.

Today’s economy revolves around the use of technology as a means of communication and without it, businesses simply wouldn’t function. In the last five years, the explosion of cheap, or even free, methods of communication such as Skype, web conferencing and Software as a Service (SaaS) means companies are more connected than ever and the barriers to operating globally much lower. Here Neal Gandhi, author of Born Global, explains how it is possible to go global on a budget.

Most of us have a task of shame. A task that lingers at the bottom of our to-do list and pricks us with guilt as we, yet again, prioritise something else above it. The task of shame is a phenomenon born of modern work practices where everyone is overworked and wearing many hats at the same time. But, sometimes it’s easy for jobs that are important but not urgent, to fall behind tasks that are urgent but not important – and that’s when you start to put your business at risk. Claire Galbois-Alcaix, senior marketing manager, EMEA, Mozy explains what it is, and just why it is so important.

Sandler Training, the leading sales, management and leadership training provider, has announced the release of its new iPhone app, offering instant access to tips, tools, charts, feedback and a whole lot more.

Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, has announced research finding which not surprise anyone in business, and that is that unnecessary emails are the bane of the modern office with seven out of ten workers complaining about being sent irrelevant emails or being copied on emails of no interest.

A significant majority of BlackBerry owners don’t think the company’s new Torch handset will be successful, and cite the number of apps available on other platforms, such as iPhone and Google Android, as a weakness.

Research In Motion have today launched the new BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 smartphone in New York, with the device will going on sale in the US , on the AT&T network, from August 12, with a UK release date not yet announced.

Barclaycard have begun inviting merchants to join a pilot of cloud-based electronic invoicing and have chosen to partnered with, the London-based software company, Kashflow to provide the technology behind the scheme.

eBay application allows sellers to relist items directly within app and buyers can access more information about sellers